Did anyone bet on the sharks yet ?

[traderethereum]

Maybe after betting on the sharks, that observation will use the other animal.

You mean to bet on the seals, dolphins, whales, etc. that they have tagged? It would be interesting too. Many people are into gambling, and maybe the boredom that came from the pandemic could be alleviated.

They have yet to decide on what they are going to do with their options. In the article, there is still no official thing that happened between MyBookie and Ocearch. Even if they were to sponsor them financially, it seems they still have yet to consider it.

I can't seem to find a more updated article about their partnership. I hope they find a way to make it work. It would be fun to participate.

Yes, that can be an attractive reality show from the animal, and I think that can be another form to get a new entertain to people.
Maybe people can also learn about how they live, where they usually migrate in one season when they can have a place where they can call home and other things.
I think that can invite people to watch the show, and they can also give the money as donations or whatever the name to help that animal.
Yes, it will kill boredom if there is a television show that collaborates with the "gambling casino," which can entertain people.
I think that can touch people who often gamble to place bets on that animal because I guess it is a new idea to gamble using animals but with different views.
But I don't know about that, especially which company that will start that, but if that can start, I guess that can be a new thing for the audience at their home.

[bitzizzix]

Never heard of this as well, why sharks? Probably some community started it. I'm curious how do they know, how far the sharks travel through their journey. The outcome could not be immediately known because the type of bet requires patience. I mean, why not bet on horses, its much more interesting because you can get to analyze, and speculate which horse is much stronger and properly trained.

They might put some locator chips in the sharks to determine their travel location and how far they go. It's really a long term betting or maybe they have some rules like who reach this miles first or who reach this place first etc. It's for those who are not contented in betting in existing ways to bet as they keep finding other things that sometimes affects other creatures without them realising that it may have bad effect to them.

This is weird, and it will take a lot of study for us the normal people to predict where the sharks is going, since there is a climate change there's a potential that those Sharks will change their direction. Even if this is not about the Sharks fighting, I don't think I'll bet on this one because its too unpredictable and yes long time betting that can take months or even a year, we don't know. Its getting weird to hear a betting like this, they are indeed looking for a more ways to gamble.

It sounds very funny and weird, because it doesn't understand exactly how shark betting works and but it arouses curiosity.
It seems that following the adventure of a shark in its life includes foraging and will take a while, most likely it will become boring for those who don't want to bet too long.

[Ucy]

Having money involved doesn't make it gambling. If I stake other valuable things aside money (like a banana, apple, meat, etc) to prove my skills/reputation or how good and trusted I'm in my predictions and I lose it for not being correct, is that still gambling?

Yes, I think that is still gambling because you risk something, and no matter if you win or lose, you still gamble.
And no matter what involving in that risk, that is gambling.

Would you then call forex, stock,  precious metals trading, etc gambling? The traders clearly risk money to bet on price of currencies and commodities.
If those are gambling, then lot of other things I didn't mention here could easily be classified as gambling.
I hope you are not basing you definition/meaning on online dictionary definitions. They certainly can be proven wrong

[dunfida]

Having money involved doesn't make it gambling. If I stake other valuable things aside money (like a banana, apple, meat, etc) to prove my skills/reputation or how good and trusted I'm in my predictions and I lose it for not being correct, is that still gambling?

Yes, I think that is still gambling because you risk something, and no matter if you win or lose, you still gamble.
And no matter what involving in that risk, that is gambling.

Would you then call forex, stock,  precious metals trading, etc gambling? The traders clearly risk money to bet on price of currencies and commodities.
If those are gambling, then lot of other things I didn't mention here could easily be classified as gambling.
I hope you are not basing you definition/meaning on online dictionary definitions. They certainly can be proven wrong

It can be considered depending on how you do approach it but on general theres a fine line between those things.Take for example on doing trading where
a thing that can really be profitable if done correctly which your skills and analysis will work but if you done nothing between the two then you're just simply
making some gamble.It might not really be literally but basing on what you are doing then you are definitely doing it.Its just a matte on what are your
views towards those things.I cant say he's totally wrong with his in point yet he do really had a valid point.

[traderethereum]

Having money involved doesn't make it gambling. If I stake other valuable things aside money (like a banana, apple, meat, etc) to prove my skills/reputation or how good and trusted I'm in my predictions and I lose it for not being correct, is that still gambling?

Yes, I think that is still gambling because you risk something, and no matter if you win or lose, you still gamble.
And no matter what involving in that risk, that is gambling.

Would you then call forex, stock,  precious metals trading, etc gambling? The traders clearly risk money to bet on price of currencies and commodities.
If those are gambling, then lot of other things I didn't mention here could easily be classified as gambling.
I hope you are not basing you definition/meaning on online dictionary definitions. They certainly can be proven wrong

I would call it's gambling if you don't have enough knowledge about trading.
But if you have skills and are willing to learn more about trading, that will not be the same as gambling because you can analyze the market, and you can find the right way to enter the market and sell the coins when it increases.
I would agree with what @dunfida says that will depend on how we approach those things.
But we can not blame people if they call gambling because what we think will not be the same as them.
But we might agree that gambling has money involved with those things, and we risk that money to get the other money.
Geez, the meaning of gambling can be different between one person to another person.
Let people decide if that is gambling or not because they will have their opinion regarding gambling and accept what they said about gambling will be good for both people.

[Ucy]

Having money involved doesn't make it gambling. If I stake other valuable things aside money (like a banana, apple, meat, etc) to prove my skills/reputation or how good and trusted I'm in my predictions and I lose it for not being correct, is that still gambling?

Yes, I think that is still gambling because you risk something, and no matter if you win or lose, you still gamble.
And no matter what involving in that risk, that is gambling.

Would you then call forex, stock,  precious metals trading, etc gambling? The traders clearly risk money to bet on price of currencies and commodities.
If those are gambling, then lot of other things I didn't mention here could easily be classified as gambling.
I hope you are not basing you definition/meaning on online dictionary definitions. They certainly can be proven wrong

It can be considered depending on how you do approach it but on general theres a fine line between those things.Take for example on doing trading where
a thing hing that can really be profitable if done correctly which your skills and analysis will work but if you done nothing between the two then you're just simply making some gamble. It might not really be literally but basing on what you are doing then you are definitely doing it.Its just a matte on what are your
views towards those things.I cant say he's totally wrong with his in point yet he do really had a valid point.

Ofcourse! It still boils down on taking big risks on bets. If you are a skilled/successful bettor, specifically a bettor who is consistently successful, you can't be considered a gambler nor can be considered to be taking big risk. Gambling is simply taking big risk, whether in governance, health, betting, foods, etc. A stock/currency trader who takes big risk in stock trading is a gambler while a player who takes little occasional risk on dice bets is not.

[Wawa2013]

I don't even think sharks can be used for gambling, but as long as it doesn't hurt the sharks, bet on the sharks go ahead.
Humans are unique, everything can be at stake. Maybe bet on the sharks can be an alternative to gambling, if we are bored
with the existing gambling games. Because more and more choices of gambling games make us more entertained.

[michellee]

I don't even think sharks can be used for gambling, but as long as it doesn't hurt the sharks, bet on the sharks go ahead.
Humans are unique, everything can be at stake. Maybe bet on the sharks can be an alternative to gambling, if we are bored
with the existing gambling games. Because more and more choices of gambling games make us more entertained.

Humans can find many things to gamble, even for the easy thing because humans are creative
If betting on the shark's success, we might see another animal betting that will be different than other animals. But I wonder what will be the result of the betting on the sharks. Maybe many people will curious to join on that betting and place their bet.

[Ucy]

Having money involved doesn't make it gambling. If I stake other valuable things aside money (like a banana, apple, meat, etc) to prove my skills/reputation or how good and trusted I'm in my predictions and I lose it for not being correct, is that still gambling?

Yes, I think that is still gambling because you risk something, and no matter if you win or lose, you still gamble.
And no matter what involving in that risk, that is gambling.

Would you then call forex, stock,  precious metals trading, etc gambling? The traders clearly risk money to bet on price of currencies and commodities.
If those are gambling, then lot of other things I didn't mention here could easily be classified as gambling.
I hope you are not basing you definition/meaning on online dictionary definitions. They certainly can be proven wrong

I would call it's gambling if you don't have enough knowledge about trading.
But if you have skills and are willing to learn more about trading, that will not be the same as gambling because you can analyze the market, and you can find the right way to enter the market and sell the coins when it increases.
I would agree with what @dunfida says that will depend on how we approach those things.
But we can not blame people if they call gambling because what we think will not be the same as them.
But we might agree that gambling has money involved with those things, and we risk that money to get the other money.
Geez, the meaning of gambling can be different between one person to another person.
Let people decide if that is gambling or not because they will have their opinion regarding gambling and accept what they said about gambling will be good for both people.

Agreed. I think the problem I have with this is the confusion in the the true meaning of the word. People tend to think that all bettors are gamblers and all gamblers are bettors. That confusion is what I usually disagree with. I have bet on lottery, stock, currencies etc in the past but I don't consider some of them a gamble,except maybe my bet on stock and some currencies. I bet with what I can afford to lose except on the stock & few currencies.
I would consider the stock a gamble and not my childhood bet on lottery and a kid game.

[worldofcoins]

So apparently I came across a very interesting news : People are now betting on The Great White Sharks.
It's not violent, it's not like Fighting or something but rather betting on their migration journeys.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/betting-great-white-shark-migration-ocearch-mybookie-coronavirus-a9603201.html

People think this would save and at the same time positively impact the conversation of the sharks .
Adding these two is certainly a very different things and it is the first time that I have ever heard of thing like this.

I really liked how they are trying to engage people during pandemic through gambling to do something positive.

With most public sports out of commission because of the coronavirus pandemic, the betting market has been thin in recent months. Wagering on sharks could give gamblers an outlet, and some conservationists wonder if it might result in positive press for oft-maligned great whites. But others worry about the ethical implications of merging these two disparate pursuits – and a tumultuous week of conversations reveals that MyBookie might have bungled its first foray into shark speculating.

I don't know about it since I never involve with animals bets, especially on sharks. If they're getting hurt, I won't put my money there. Instead, I will spend it somewhere.
I wonder who's here for the bet and taking an interest in a white shark. I did some research but couldn't find anything related to it.
I suggest you put more info here regarding the white shark. If it looks entertaining, then I will think about it.

[Oneandpure]

Having money involved doesn't make it gambling. If I stake other valuable things aside money (like a banana, apple, meat, etc) to prove my skills/reputation or how good and trusted I'm in my predictions and I lose it for not being correct, is that still gambling?

Yes, I think that is still gambling because you risk something, and no matter if you win or lose, you still gamble.
And no matter what involving in that risk, that is gambling.

Would you then call forex, stock,  precious metals trading, etc gambling? The traders clearly risk money to bet on price of currencies and commodities.
If those are gambling, then lot of other things I didn't mention here could easily be classified as gambling.
I hope you are not basing you definition/meaning on online dictionary definitions. They certainly can be proven wrong

I would call it's gambling if you don't have enough knowledge about trading.
But if you have skills and are willing to learn more about trading, that will not be the same as gambling because you can analyze the market, and you can find the right way to enter the market and sell the coins when it increases.
I would agree with what @dunfida says that will depend on how we approach those things.
But we can not blame people if they call gambling because what we think will not be the same as them.
But we might agree that gambling has money involved with those things, and we risk that money to get the other money.
Geez, the meaning of gambling can be different between one person to another person.
Let people decide if that is gambling or not because they will have their opinion regarding gambling and accept what they said about gambling will be good for both people.

Agreed. I think the problem I have with this is the confusion in the the true meaning of the word. People tend to think that all bettors are gamblers and all gamblers are bettors. That confusion is what I usually disagree with. I have bet on lottery, stock, currencies etc in the past but I don't consider some of them a gamble,except maybe my bet on stock and some currencies. I bet with what I can afford to lose except on the stock & few currencies.
I would consider the stock a gamble and not my childhood bet on lottery and a kid game.

I am more challenging if there is a bet that is considered realistic, I think the bet on sharks is not so normal and the chances of winning are simply not there. There are still many websites that provide winning opportunities for every bet why you have to take a bet on sharks. Has anyone seemed illogical so far with betting on animals? Mending bets in football because we can analyze which team is the favorite to win, especially if we know about the quality of the players, the composition of the players who will be reduced to the quality of the opposing team, the chances of winning are so great if betting in football is compared to sharks.

[Ucy]

So apparently I came across a very interesting news : People are now betting on The Great White Sharks.
It's not violent, it's not like Fighting or something but rather betting on their migration journeys.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/betting-great-white-shark-migration-ocearch-mybookie-coronavirus-a9603201.html

People think this would save and at the same time positively impact the conversation of the sharks .
Adding these two is certainly a very different things and it is the first time that I have ever heard of thing like this.

I really liked how they are trying to engage people during pandemic through gambling to do something positive.

With most public sports out of commission because of the coronavirus pandemic, the betting market has been thin in recent months. Wagering on sharks could give gamblers an outlet, and some conservationists wonder if it might result in positive press for oft-maligned great whites. But others worry about the ethical implications of merging these two disparate pursuits – and a tumultuous week of conversations reveals that MyBookie might have bungled its first foray into shark speculating.

I don't know about it since I never involve with animals bets, especially on sharks. If they're getting hurt, I won't put my money there. Instead, I will spend it somewhere.
I wonder who's here for the bet and taking an interest in a white shark. I did some research but couldn't find anything related to it.
I suggest you put more info here regarding the white shark. If it looks entertaining, then I will think about it.

Not just the shark getting hurt, also those who wish to take big risk (gamblers) on such bets.

I prefer not to have this go on if what they choose is to gamble rather than bet responsibily or safely. Gambling shouldn't be encouraged atall... only safe and responsible bets. Good bettors should be able to predict the sharks journey without taking big financial risk.

[peter0425]

I don't even think sharks can be used for gambling, but as long as it doesn't hurt the sharks, bet on the sharks go ahead.
Humans are unique, everything can be at stake. Maybe bet on the sharks can be an alternative to gambling, if we are bored
with the existing gambling games. Because more and more choices of gambling games make us more entertained.

Humans can find many things to gamble, even for the easy thing because humans are creative
If betting on the shark's success, we might see another animal betting that will be different than other animals. But I wonder what will be the result of the betting on the sharks. Maybe many people will curious to join on that betting and place their bet.

People will not stop their stupidity to find happy things in gambling,they are not contented in traditional gambling and casinos instead they still looking for another way to gamble.

From Dogs,horses,Spider,Bull,Chickens and now Shark.

No wonder next time it is Crocs or Aligator is what they will bring to arena to fight.

[BuNga_cute]

No wonder humans can think of sharks being used for gambling, because humans have minds that other creatures don't have.
But I am not interested in trying to bet on the sharks, because for a long time I have been unable to enjoy gambling related to
animals. Everyone has their own taste, but I would not forbid or blame if there were people who enjoyed betting on the sharks.

[Assface16678]

I don't even think sharks can be used for gambling, but as long as it doesn't hurt the sharks, bet on the sharks go ahead.
Humans are unique, everything can be at stake. Maybe bet on the sharks can be an alternative to gambling, if we are bored
with the existing gambling games. Because more and more choices of gambling games make us more entertained.

Humans can find many things to gamble, even for the easy thing because humans are creative
If betting on the shark's success, we might see another animal betting that will be different than other animals. But I wonder what will be the result of the betting on the sharks. Maybe many people will curious to join on that betting and place their bet.

People will not stop their stupidity to find happy things in gambling,they are not contented in traditional gambling and casinos instead they still looking for another way to gamble.

From Dogs,horses,Spider,Bull,Chickens and now Shark.

No wonder next time it is Crocs or Aligator is what they will bring to arena to fight.

Animal fight betting is not something new but is indeed cruel. But this time, the betting is related to shark migration and not having physical brutality which I think is something weird but also, something good. This could give an idea that people can still do betting in good things rather than on things that are in contrast with the norms of the society. The idea is also quite funny, because people can relate almost everything to gambling with or without other purposes except from making profit. Not quite sure if I would go with this one so I'd wait for further updates that could clarify some of my questions regarding this.

[dimonstration]

No wonder humans can think of sharks being used for gambling, because humans have minds that other creatures don't have.
But I am not interested in trying to bet on the sharks, because for a long time I have been unable to enjoy gambling related to
animals. Everyone has their own taste, but I would not forbid or blame if there were people who enjoyed betting on the sharks.

I don't like also these kind of betting, from live chickens, spiders and now into sharks even they don't involve fighting or it was just a mere game of who will be first it's still not good to see those creatures being played, it will be better if will just focus in doing gambling by ourselves thru casino betting or in other gaming platforms. I don't know why they enjoy it too much and finds thrill on doing it.

[Pmalek]

If they're getting hurt, I won't put my money there. Instead, I will spend it somewhere.
I did some research but couldn't find anything related to it.
I suggest you put more info here regarding the white shark. If it looks entertaining, then I will think about it.

They are not getting hurt. You are not betting on shark fights, the bookie was taking bets on their migration routes. Every year sharks migrate to search for areas with more food and for mating reasons. That is what the bookie was offering odds for. What routes they would take, when, how fast they will get there, etc.

It is all explained in the article linked in the OP.

[Ucy]

Having money involved doesn't make it gambling. If I stake other valuable things aside money (like a banana, apple, meat, etc) to prove my skills/reputation or how good and trusted I'm in my predictions and I lose it for not being correct, is that still gambling?

Yes, I think that is still gambling because you risk something, and no matter if you win or lose, you still gamble.
And no matter what involving in that risk, that is gambling.

Would you then call forex, stock,  precious metals trading, etc gambling? The traders clearly risk money to bet on price of currencies and commodities.
If those are gambling, then lot of other things I didn't mention here could easily be classified as gambling.
I hope you are not basing you definition/meaning on online dictionary definitions. They certainly can be proven wrong

I would call it's gambling if you don't have enough knowledge about trading.
But if you have skills and are willing to learn more about trading, that will not be the same as gambling because you can analyze the market, and you can find the right way to enter the market and sell the coins when it increases.
I would agree with what @dunfida says that will depend on how we approach those things.
But we can not blame people if they call gambling because what we think will not be the same as them.
But we might agree that gambling has money involved with those things, and we risk that money to get the other money.
Geez, the meaning of gambling can be different between one person to another person.
Let people decide if that is gambling or not because they will have their opinion regarding gambling and accept what they said about gambling will be good for both people.

Agreed. I think the problem I have with this is the confusion in the the true meaning of the word. People tend to think that all bettors are gamblers and all gamblers are bettors. That confusion is what I usually disagree with. I have bet on lottery, stock, currencies etc in the past but I don't consider some of them a gamble,except maybe my bet on stock and some currencies. I bet with what I can afford to lose except on the stock & few currencies.
I would consider the stock a gamble and not my childhood bet on lottery and a kid game.

I am more challenging if there is a bet that is considered realistic, I think the bet on sharks is not so normal and the chances of winning are simply not there. There are still many websites that provide winning opportunities for every bet why you have to take a bet on sharks. Has anyone seemed illogical so far with betting on animals? Mending bets in football because we can analyze which team is the favorite to win, especially if we know about the quality of the players, the composition of the players who will be reduced to the quality of the opposing team, the chances of winning are so great if betting in football is compared to sharks.

Well, it's depends on what people are betting on about animals. It's not like animal fight or other violent betting on animals. The Op clearly stated that the bet or prediction is about the animal migration. I think it's a good thing they're predicting that as long as there are set  boundaries or rules that must not be crossed in the course of the bets.
I believe people could predict the migration fairly well with the right information or knowledge. Such people could be talents anyone who study or is interested in shark migration could depend on.

[bitbunnny]

I haven't bet on sharks so far and I have mixed feelings about it, don't know exactly what to think. It seems that humans find all possible options to bet on, just for the betting purpose
Personally I would never bet on any kind of animals fight, I truly judge that, and although this betting on sharks is different somehow I'm not very keen to it.

[Chrystora123]

It's the kind of weird bet I just heard about, I've never made a weird bet like this..

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Humans can find many things to gamble, even for the easy thing because humans are creative
If betting on the shark's success, we might see another animal betting that will be different than other animals. But I wonder what will be the result of the betting on the sharks. Maybe many people will curious to join on that betting and place their bet.

I am curious too about the final result (who be the winner).  maybe later we will see strange betting bets such as the migration of flamingos or penguins "LOL"..